Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/April 29

• Willie Nelson, American singer/songwriter and icon, turns 91.
• Sammy Rimington, Brit clarinetist, turns 82.
• Duane Allen, American vocalist of Oak Ridge Boys fame, turns 81.
• Tommy James, (born Thomas Gregory Jackson) American singer and record producer, turns 77.
• Dave Valentin, American flautist, turns 70.
• Ira Coleman, American bass player, turns 68.
• Carnie Wilson, American pop music singer of Wilson Phillips fame, turns 56.
• Master P, (born Percy Robert Miller) American rapper and founder of the No Limit Records imprint, turns 54.
• Mike Hogan, Irish bassist for The Cranberries, turns 51.
• Kian Egan, Irish singer and songwriter from the pop group Westlife, turns 44.
• Harold Shapero, composer, music teacher, and musician from Massachusetts Natick, turns 104.

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• Tammi Terrell (April 29, 1945 –March 16, 1970), American Soul- and R&B-singer, would have turned 79 this year.
• George Rufus Adams (April 29, 1940 –November 14, 1992), American flautist, tenor saxophonist, and vocalist, would have turned 84 this year.
• Jack Reardon (April 29, 1934 –December 03, 2013), American lyricist and songwriter, would have turned 90 this year.
• Andy Simpkins (April 29, 1932 –June 02, 1999), (born Andrew Simpkins) American bass player, would have turned 92 this year.
• Lonnie Donegan (April 29, 1931 –November 03, 2002), Scottish skiffle guitarist and vocalist, would have turned 93 this year.
• Claus Ogerman (April 29, 1930 –March 08, 2016), German composer, conductor, and pianist, would have turned 94 this year.
• April Stevens (1929 –2023 April 17), American singer, both solo and in collaborations with brother Nino Tempo, would have turned 95.
• Ray Barretto (April 29, 1929 –February 17, 2006), American bandleader and conga player, would have turned 95 this year.
• Errol Leslie Buddle (April 29, 1928 –February 22, 2018), Australian tenor saxophonist, would have turned 96 this year.
• Big Jay McNeely (April 29, 1927–September 16, 2018), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 97 this year.
• Toots Thielemans (April 29, 1922 –August 22, 2016), (born Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor Thielemans) Belgian composer, guitarist, and harmonica player, would have turned 102 this year.
• Donald Mills (April 29, 1915 –November 15, 1999), American vocalist with The Mills Brothers, would have turned 109 this year.
• Norma Teagarden (April 29, 1911 –June 05, 1996), American jazz pianist, would have turned 113 this year.
• Jacques Butler (1909 –1996), American trumpeter, would have turned 115.
• Philippe Brun (April 29, 1908 –January 15, 1994), French trumpeter, would have turned 116 this year.
• Ward Pinkett (April 29, 1906 –March 15, 1937), American trumpeter, would have turned 118 this year.
• Duke Ellington (April 29, 1899 –May 24, 1974), (born Edward Kennedy Ellington) American bandleader, composer, and pianst, would have turned 125 this year.